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J. 'H. MILLER.

GATE.

No. 462,985. Patented Now-10, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT O rricn.

J OHN H. MILLER, OF MILLERSBURG, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,985, dated November 10, 1891.

Application filed May 21, 1891. $erial No. 393,538. (No model.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,JOHN H. MILLER, a citi' zen of the United States of America, residing at Millersburg, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vertically-adjustable swinging gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate which is simple in construction and which can be raised orlowered upon its hinged supporting-post; and it consistsin the particular construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed' In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view showing the gate lowered in full lines, and partly raised in dotted lines, a part of said gate being broken away to illustrate details of construction. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the upper corner ofthe gate adjacent to its supporting-post.

A and A refer to the stationary gate-posts located on each side of the roadway, the post A, upon which the gate is hung, being provided with eyes a a, through which passes a headed rod B, said rod also passing through eyes Ct at, projecting from the gate-support B to provide a hinge connection for the same. It will be noted that the eyes secured to the gate-support are located above and below the eyes on the stationary post, which prevents vertical movement thereof. The gate-snpport is preferably rectangular in cross-section, and is provided in its front face with ratchetrecesses 0, located on a line with each other.

The gate 0 is hung upon its support B and is vertically adjustable thereon. This gate is made up of a series of horizontal rails secured to vertical battens, as shown, the rear batten D being made either solid or composite, with openings through which the rails pass and are secured by bolts or other fastening means. Truss-bars E are provided,

which extend from the lower front corner of the gate to the rear upper corner thereof, and

these bars are preferably made in a single piece, the front connecting portion of which embraces the end of the lower rail and lies in aa'ecess therein. The upper ends of these truss-bars are threaded and passed through angle plates e, rigidly secured to the batten D, nuts being provided for tightening the bars when desired, and by the employment of these bars the gate will be thoroughly braced and sagging prevented. The gate is hung upon its support by means of the upper loop 0 and lower projecting plates F E, which embrace the sides of said support, a projecting pin d extending from the rear of the gate to engage the recesses c and hold the gate in a desired position.

It will be observed that by the construction herein shown and described the recesses are covered by the batten D, so that moisture cannot lodge therein, which would tend to cause rapid decay of the support, and that when the gate is swung to one side its support moves with the same, so that nearly all the space between the posts can be utilized as a passage-way.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to hang a gate upon an upright, said upright being pivotally secured to the post and provided with means for adjusting the gate vertically thereon, and I do not claim such construction, broadly, as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination, in a gate, of the vertical 'bars to which the horizontal rails are secured,

the front batten and the lower horizontal rail being recessed at their front ends, apertured angle-irons e e, rigidly secured adjacent to the upper end of the rear batten, a truss-bar E, made of a single bar'and bent to form a looped portion which lies in the recess at the lower front end of the gate, eyes secured to the central batten through which the truss-rod passes, and nuts for engaging with the screw-threaded ends of the truss-rod, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. MILLER. WVitnesses;

HERMANN GOLDSTEIN, FRANK J. UMBENHOWER. 

